From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tyler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: regexp help Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:04:13 -0300 Message-ID: <87lk34imma.fsf@blackbart.sedgenet> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208968888 15108 80.91.229.12 (23 Apr 2008 16:41:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:41:28 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 23 18:42:03 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Joi2d-0005hV-Sy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:41:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33935 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Joi1y-00087d-6J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:41:14 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.aset.psu.edu!news.glorb.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post01.iad01!news.aliant.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8hbwLtrUiICnlfn15YM+7oFtrIM= Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.68.201.214 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aliant.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:158134 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:53500 Archived-At: Neal Becker writes: > I'm looking at outline mode. > > I see outline-regexp is set to: > Its value is "[*\f]+" > > Looking in emacs info, I see no reference to '\f'. What is it? It's an escape character indicating a 'formfeed'. > > Looking at a buffer in C-mode, I see: > Its value is "[^#\n^M]" > > I don't recognize the '#', what does this mean? > Sometimes a hash is just a hash. I'm not sure what the context is here, but maybe it has something to do with recognising #include and #define in c code. HTH, Tyler -- Friends don't let friends send Word documents http://www.nothingisreal.com/dfki/no-word